Victor Mac was born on Victor Macoggi on January 31,1967 and who is better known as Little Victor, The Beale Street Blues Bopper, and DJ Mojo Man, is an Italian-American blues and roots singer, guitarist and harmonica player, as well as a record collector, musicologist, entertainer, disc jockey and record producer.
12 Facts About Little Victor
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Little Victor is best known for his association with Louisiana Red, on the albums Back To The Black Bayou and Memphis Mojo.
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Son of an Italian mother and an American serviceman who was constantly on the move, Victor leads a wanderer's life on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Little Victor lived in West Memphis, Arkansas, Austin, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisiana.
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Little Victor spent several years in Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, before moving to the UK in 2014.
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Little Victor speaks fluent English, French, Italian and Spanish, Little Victor started to sing at the age of 14 - in 1981 - hence the nickname of "Little" Victor.
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Little Victor sang, played and recorded with many different roots, rock and blues bands in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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Little Victor did some recordings with Alex Chilton and Hubert Sumlin, before releasing Cuttin' Out.
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In 2015, Little Victor toured Canada with the harmonica player Harpdog Brown and, in 2016, he produced and played on Brown's Travelin' with the Blues recorded in California with Charlie Musselwhite, Big Jon Atkinson, Rusty Zinn, Carl Sonny Leyland and Jimmy Morello.
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Little Victor worked on a series of anthologies of obscure 1950s blues and rhythm and blues, for the Koko-Mojo label.
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In 2018, Little Victor released Deluxe Lo-Fi, recorded over an eight-year period with various musicians, including the Downhome Kings, Kim Wilson, Big Jon Atkinson, Rusty Zinn, Carl Sonny Leyland, Steve Lucky and Harpdog Brown.
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In January 2020, Little Victor formed the Mighty Lo-Fi Kings, a new band with Rob Glazebrook, in which both play guitar and share vocals.